A tentative deal was struck Wednesday on a new contract for the Faculty Association.
The agreement between Central Michigan University and the faculty pushes the current contract until Oct. 24.
“I’m unhappy that faculty didn’t get what they want, but I’m thankful there is no strike,” said Mike McArthur, a senior from Lansing.
The faculty and administration have been at odds over how much compensation the faculty should receive. Faculty is searching for pay similar to the standards set at other universities.
Word of the extended contract made its way across campus after an e-mail was sent out by Steve Smith, director of media relations.
"Classes will go forward as regularly scheduled," Smith wrote.
Smith wrote that the agreement provided the possibility of a longer contract extension which would allow the FA and the university work out details of the new agreement.
The contract will not be official until FA members vote it on.
“It’s good that (they are) prolonging it, but I’m not sure that it’s a long-term solution,” Jason Antoniewicz, a senior from East China, Mich. “I don’t think they would strike, but keeping tensions high isn’t good either.”
It remains unclear at this time which bargaining team initiated the talks leading to the extended deal.
Had the contract not been extended, the FA was threatening to strike to get what they wanted.
This would have left many students without any way to finish classes and potentially could have pushed back some students’ graduation dates.
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